인간성장호르몬(human growth hormone; hGH)은 뇌하수체 전엽에서 분비되는 호르몬 의 일종으로 단백질 합성을 촉진하고 에너지를 생산해 지방을 분해하며 뼈를 포함한 체 내의 거의 모든 조직의 성장을 자극한다. DNA 재조합 기술이 발달함에 따라 hGH는 신 체의 성장, 골밀도 향상, 체지방 감소, 세포의 재생, 근육량 증가 등에 효과를 보이는 의 약품으로 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시료 중 함유된 hGH의 효율적인 분리,정제를 위 하여 immunoaffinity chromatography system을 개발하여 hGH를 분리정제하고 그 활성도 를 측정하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여, 단크론성 항체를 생산하는 hybridoma cell line중 hGH에 가장 강한 친화력이 있는 항체를 분비하는 hGH-K-24 세포주를 선별하여 Balb/C 마우스의 복강에 주입하여 복수를 생산, 채취하였고, Protein G를 이용하여 항체를 분리 정제 하였다. 정제한 항체를 CNBr-Sepharose 4B와 결합시켜 immunoaffinity chromatography column을 제작하였고. hGH를 분비,생성하는 CHO세포주를 serum이 없는 상태에 서 10일 동안 배양한 다음 배지를 회수하여 hGH를 immunoaffinity chromatography system으로 정제하였으며, 순수정제도를 높이기 위하여 superdex G-200으로 gel filtration chromatography 하여 target 단백질인 hGH만을 분리하는 일련의 과정을 확립하였다. 또 한, hGH의 역가를 알아보기 위하여 NB2-11 cell을 이용하여 MTT assay를 통한 활성도 를 살펴보았다.

Porcine beta casein promoter를 이용하여 형질전환 동물에서 유선특이적으로 목적 단 백질을 발현시킬 수 있는 pPBC 벡터를 구축하였으며 이 벡터를 이용하여 보다 높은 농 도의 목적 단백질을 발현 시킬 수 있도록 pPBC 벡터 개량을 시도하였다. pPBC 벡터의 5'arm 부위를 5428 bp, 4419 bp, 3378 bp의 길이로 잘라 서로 다른 크기의 5’arm을 갖 게 하였으며 5’arm의 5’ 쪽으로 CMV enhancer를 삽입하였다. 또한, porcine beta casein promoter 조절 하에 hGH(human growth hormone) 유전자를 발현하도록 하는 벡터를 구 축한 후 세포주 및 형질전환 마우스에서 발현 양상을 확인하였다. 개량된 pPBC 벡터를 이용하여 mouse mammary gland epithelial cell line HC11에서 luciferase assay를 통해 각각의 벡터에 대한 활성을 확인한 결과, 5’arm 길이가 가장 짧고 CMV enhancer가 삽입 된 CMV-pPBC p-3378 벡터에서 활성이 가장 높게 나타났다. 이 벡터를 이용하여 hGH 유전자와 mRNA를 안정화시켜 유전자의 발현을 증가시킨다고 알려진 woodchuch hepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulator element (WPRE)를 함께 삽입하여 CMV-pPBC p-3378-hGH-WPRE 벡터를 구축하였다. 이 벡터로 transgenic mice를 생산하여 유선을 포함한 여러 조직으로부터 hGH의 발현을 RT-PCR 방법을 확인하였다. 그 결과 liver와 lung에서는 아주 약하게 hGH가 발현을 하였으나 유선 조직에서 hGH가 가장 많이 발현 하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 형질전환 마우스 유즙 내의 hGH 발현을 western과 ELISA를 이 용하여 확인한 결과, 유즙 내에는 약 22 kDa의 hGH가 존재 하였으며 ml 당 최고 50 100 ug의 농도로 hGH를 포함하고 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 개량한 pPBC 벡터가 유선특 이적인 발현을 하며, 유선 세포주에서는 높은 활성을 나타냈지만 형질전환 마우스의 유 즙에서는 개량전의 벡터 보다 낮은 수준의 목적 단백질을 생산하여 서로 상이한 결과를 나타내었다. 따라서 앞으로도 유선특이적 발현 벡터인 pPBC 벡터의 개량 연구를 계속 진행할 것이다.

Human growth hormone (hGH), one of the most important hormones in medicine, is secreted from anterior pituitary gland. Its broad physiological function includes body growth, cell regeneration, increasement of muscle volume, bone density, body fat reduction, and so on. Due to the wide range of therapeutic effects, the hGH produced from E. coli has been commercialized already. In this study, we asked whether it is possible to produce recombinant hGH efficiently from various cultured mammalian cells. To meet this purpose, we chose a retrovirus vector system for transfer and expression of the hGH gene in various mammalian cells. Analyses of RT-PCR, ELISA, and Western blot to determine expression of the hGH gene showed the highest production of the hGH was determined from chicken embronic fibroblast (CEF) cells with the concentration of 8.58 μg/ml. The biological activity of the hGH was similar to the commercially available counterpart. These results suggest that mass production of hGH is possible not only in the E. coli but also in the various mammalian cells.

The present study investigated the hypothesis that a extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) partially suppresses the synthesis of human growth hormone (HGH) in a group of 28 primary schoolchildren living nearby and 60 primary schoolchildren aged 12 years living far away from overhead transmission power lines from December 2003 to April 2004 in Seoul, Korea. The mean personal exposure levels of the primary schoolchildren living nearby overhead transmission power line were 0.37 μT, whereas the levels for the primary schoolchildren living away from overhead transmission power line was 0.05 μT. From simple analyses, the mean growth hormone levels in the primary schoolchildren living nearby were lower than away from overhead transmission power line, and statistically significant differences in the levels of the growth hormone (p = 0.0316), whereas not statistically significant differences in the levels of the growth hormone related to the distance from residence to power line less and more than 100 m by cut-off point (p = 0.4017). In conclusion, these results may indicate that urinary levels of nocturnal growth hormone are altered in primary schoolchildren exposed to extremely low frequency magnetic field at overhead transmission power line.

사람 성장호르몬 수용체(hGHR) cDNA는 PCR방법에 의하여 fagment로서 보고되어진 바 있으나, liver cDNA로 부터 전장을 cloning한 보고는 없는 실정으로 본 연구에서는 기능을 가진 약 4.6kbp의 cDNA hGHR을 cloning 하는데 성공하였다. 먼저 cloning하기 위하여 human liver mRNA와 human breast cancer tissue로부터 회수한 mRNA를 RT-PCR방법에 의하여 human cDNA l

The pronuclear injection of metallothionein-human growth hormone (MT-hGH) gene into rabbit zygotes was performed to establish in vitro developmental system and to detect the presence of the injected gene by nested PCR. Mature female New Zealand White rabbits were superovulated by eGG and hCG treatments. The rabbits were mated and the zygotes were collected from the oviducts 18-22 h after hCG injection by flushing with D-PBS. Two to three picoliters of MT-hGH gene was microinjected into male pronuclei. The foreign gene-injected zygotes were cultured in TCM-199 or RD mediurn containing 10% FCS with a monolayer of rabbit oviductal epithelial cefls in a 5% incubator. The presence of injected DNA in rabbit embryos or blastomeres at different developmental stages .vas detected by a nested PCR analysis. The results are summarized as follows ; 1.The developmental rate of the MT-hGH gene-injected zygotes to blastocyst was significantly higher in TCM-199 medium (68.1%) than in RD medium (42.9%). 2.The gene injection into pronuclei at 18 or 22 hours post hCG treatment during pronuclear stage did not much affect on the in vitro development of the rabbit embryos. 3.The rate of gene-positive embryos detected by the nested PCR analysis was significantly decreased when they developed to blastocysts. The results indicate that the screening of transgene in rabbit embryos by nested PCR analysis could be a prornisible method for the preselection of transgenic embryos. Furthermore, the preselection of transgenic embryos would greatly reduce hoth the cost and effort of production of transgenic animals.

This experiment was carried out to develop the model system for mass production of biomedical and nutritional proteins (human proteins) through mamraary gland of the transgenic cattle produced by gene manipulation and embryological technologies. Human growth hormone gene fused with rat -casein gene promoter was microinjected into pronuclei of one cell bovine embryos produced by in vitro fertilization. After microinjection, embryos were cultured in vitro for 6 or 7 days. Twenty embryos reaching to blastocysts were transferred to 10 beef recipients, each receiving two embryos. Recipients were diagnosed for pregnancy by rectal palpation at 76 days after embryo transfer. One of them was pregnant to term and produced a female calf weighing 21 kg at 280 days following embryo transfer. DNA was extracted from umbilical cord tissue and blood of calf born for confirming gene insertion. As determined by Southern hybridization, the transgene was not found.